GREAT BRITAIN, 1818. 297 The undersigned have the honor to be, with perfect respect, sir, your obedient and humble servants, J. HOLMES. THO. BARCLAY. The Hon. Jomw Qnmor Arms, Secretary of State. DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONE NDE THE TREATY OF GHENET? MHIDE §O€gMBI€B.¤¥:PEK1?FTICLE OF @8L By Thomas Barclay and John Holmes, Esquires, Commissioners ap- Decision or the pointed by virtue of the fourth article of the treaty of peace and amity °°m"**°“€°“‘”`° “"‘ between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, con- $:;,,,6ATf {gf, IV’ eluded at Ghent on the twenty-fourth day of- December, one thousand [S; um,' of eight hundred and fourteen, to decide to which of the two contracting ;g;4_p_2gg_] y parties to the said treaty the several islands in the Bay of Passamar quoddy, which is part of the Bay of Fundy, and the Island of Grand Menan, in the said Bay of Fnndy, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the second article of the treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eightythree, between his said Britannic ,.,g3B°° QQ, fif Maje ty and the aforesaid United States of America. ’pp' ’ ` We, the said Thomas Barclay and John Holmes, Commissioners as aforesaid, having been duly sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims according to such evidence as should be laid before us on the part of His Britannic Majesty and the United States, respectively, have decided, and do decide, that Moose Island, Dudley Moose I laml, Island, and Frederick Island, in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which is Gwpart of the Bay of Fundy, do, and each of them does, belong to the United States of America; and we have also decided, and do decide, that all the other islands, and each and every of them, in the said Bay 0¤b¤¤‘ i¤l=¤¤d¤· of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the Bay of Fundy, and the Island of Grand Menan, in the said Bay of Fundy, do belong to his said Britannie Majesty, in conformity with the true intent of the said second article of said treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three. In iaith and testimony whereof we have set our hands and aiiixed our Si1;¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- seals, at the City of New York, in the State of New York, in the United States of America, this twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of Dato. our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. JOHN HOLMES. L. s. THO. BARCLAY. L. s. Witness: Jnrns T. Ausrm, Ag:. U. S. A. Aura: BARGLAY, Scdy. GREAT BRITAIN, 1818. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HIS och2U_181E_ BRITANNIC MAJESTKRESPECTING FISHERIES, BOUNDARY, AND RESTOR- _.._ ATION OF SLAVES, CONCLUDED AT LONDON OCTOBER 20, 1818; RATIFI- CATION ADVISED BY SENATE JANUARY 25, 1819; RATIFIED BY PRESI- DENT JANUARY 28, 1819; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT WASHINGTON JANUARY 30, 1810; PROCLAIMED JANUARY :20, 1819. The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the _Contro.cting por- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, desirous to cement the *‘°°· good understanding which happily subsists between them, have, tor that purpose, named their respective I’lcuipotentiaries, that is to say:
